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mall 1  (môl, ml)
n.
1. A large, often enclosed shopping complex containing various stores, businesses, and restaurants usually accessible by common passageways.
2. A street lined with shops and closed to vehicles.
3. A shady public walk or promenade.
4. Chiefly Upstate New York See median strip. See Regional Note at neutral ground.

[After The Mall in London, England, originally a pall-mall alley.]

mall 2  (môl)
n. & v.
Variant of maul.

mall [mæl mɔːl]
n
1. (Social Science / Human Geography) a shaded avenue, esp one that is open to the public
2. (Business / Commerce) US, Canadian, Austral, and NZ short for shopping mall
[after The Mall, in St James's Park, London. See pall-mall]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.mall - a public area set aside as a pedestrian walkmall - a public area set aside as a pedestrian walk
esplanade - a long stretch of open level ground (paved or grassy) for walking beside the seashore
paseo, walkway, walk - a path set aside for walking; "after the blizzard he shoveled the front walk"
2.mall - mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisersmall - mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace; "a good plaza should have a movie house"; "they spent their weekends at the local malls"
food court - an area (as in a shopping mall) where fast food is sold (usually around a common eating area)
mercantile establishment, outlet, retail store, sales outlet - a place of business for retailing goods

mall
noun shopping centre, arcade, shopping mall, shopping precinct, strip mall (U.S.) I plan to pay a visit to the mall.
Translations
mall [mɔːl] (US) [mæl] N
1. (= avenue) → alameda f, paseo m
2. (US) (= pedestrian street) → calle f peatonal
3. (also shopping mall) → centro m comercial

mall [ˈmɔːl] n (also shopping mall) → centre m commercial

mall
n (US: also shopping mall) → Einkaufszentrum nt

mall [mɔːl] n (Am) (also shopping mall) → centro commerciale

mall
n mall [moːl]
(alsoshopping mall) a shopping centre in which traffic is usually not allowed. hal, inkopiesentrum مَرْكِز تِجاري търговски център nákupní středisko/areál butikscenter das Einkaufszentrum εμπορικός πεζόδρομος centro comercial ostukeskus مرکز خرید galerie marchande; centre commercial קַניוֹן मॉल, एक बड़ी बिल्डिंग जिसके अन्दर पूरा बाजार हो malj, bat bevásárlóközpont pusat perbelanjaan centro commerciale (歩行者専用の)ショッピングセンター 몰, 쇼핑 센터 parduotuvių rajonas pėstiesiems tirdzniecības centrs kawasan membeli-belah (overdekt) winkelcentrum gågate; innendørs butikksenter centrum handlowe торговый центр nákupné stredisko nakupovalni center tržni centar gågata, köpcenter ห้างสรรพสินค้า kapalı alışveriş merkezi 購物中心 галерея магазинів پٹا ہوا بازار یا مارکیٹ phố buôn bán lớn


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